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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1928
Page
2
Hogs receipts 18 000 market up 15 to 25 cents from Monday with choice 185 to 210 lb at 11.40. Sows 9.35 to 10.25, pigs 9.25 to 10.75. Cattle receipts 8 000 calves 2 000 market slow across classes. Slaughter steers 14.00 to 16.75, heifers 8.25 to 16.60, cows 6.00 to 12.50, bulls 7.00 to 10.75, vealers 12.00 to 16.50, stockers 9.50 to 13.40.
Washington markets publish various poultry prices including fowls hens ducks and geese with per pound rates from 9 to 24 cents and a premium of one cent per pound for poultry delivered. Also listed are butterfat cream and fresh lard and beef and horse hide prices with a note that they market for sick thin or crippled poultry.
Receipts total 11,000 with fat lambs active and improved quality noted. Spots higher but bids steady for rangers, sheep and feeding lambs unchanged. Lambs range 92 lb down 13.75 to 15.35, medium 12.50 to 13.75. cut and common 9.50 to 12.50. Ewes medium 19 choice 150 lb down 4.25 to 7.25. cull and common 1.75 to 5.60. Feeder lambs good to choice 13.25 to 13.75.
The Chicago grain market lists Wheat and Corn with varied hard and mixed grades ranging from 119 to 121 percent, Yellow and White varieties priced across multiple levels. Oats show new white grades from 37 to 45, Barley at 65 to 85, Timothy 400 to 425, and Clover 2200 to 2500, reflecting a broad commodity spread.
In Mason City Iowa a gang of thieves has become active again prompting police and county officers to pursue suspects. A store robbery today yielded 2800 dollars in cash and merchandise, following prior efforts to scare the robbers into hiding.
Gene Tunney signals retirement after one final fight likely in September 1929 and plans a year away from boxing. He will vacation in Canada then sail to England for the Tailtean games with Thornton Wilder, visiting France, Spain, and Germany before returning for the U S presidential election.
Mrs D W Ferguson remits four dollars for another Journal year and moves from a Havre farm to a new Havre home near old neighbors. Antho Van Sickle’s remains rest in his home state as son Fred and son in law Earl Lewis return home. A period of sickness and tribute to Wm McKinley’s last words follows. Local readers discuss farm tasks at Ainsworth and surrounding farms with threshing updates, crop yields, and rain affecting harvest.
Mr. Loftiss of the International Agricultural Corporation in Cedar Rapids Iowa arranged shipment of a carload of International For-For-Us Mineral to Washington the first week. McCall Bros. will receive the third car into the county. Direct from manufacturer, the price drops to 2.50 per hundred pounds minus canvasser commissions. the product is touted as high quality with a guaranteed formula and car lot savings for farmers.
Miss Nellie Manners reports Charley Curtis returned home from Washington county hospital after an appendicitis operation and must rest. Vernon White came home from Muscatine after finishing work there. Mr and Mrs Willard Davis welcomed a daughter, making their two daughters a trio. Beatrice Wilson enjoys a vacation from the Evening Journal office. Mr and Mrs J C Cunningham and family of Chicago visit the Cunningham home.
Listing shows seed prices and cash values for Clover Timothy Alsike with dates in 1865 and 1850. Entries include cash amounts 1775 for Clover Oct 1865 and 1425 for cash import, 280 for Timothy with Dec 275, and 1625 for Alsike Oct 1625.
A blaze at the Hazel Greene Co operative Creamery five miles east of Ryan Iowa caused about 6000 in damage. The fire started in the roof from an undetermined cause and most of the equipment was saved or removed before the fire grew. Insurance covered most losses.
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